Citation Management Tools: A Practical Guide for Librarians

by Nancy R. Glassman

Overview

With the rise of scholarly communication, proper citation and attribution practices have become more important than ever. Citation management software is an essential tool for meeting this challenge. Look no further than the proliferation of free- and fee-based packages on the market; new programs and updated versions of existing software offering innovative features seem to pop up all the time. Busy students and researchers do not have the time (or energy) to test-drive all the available options in order to make an informed decision regarding the selection of the right tool to manage their references. After finding the right tool, they need someone to help them use it properly. Librarians must be able to help their patrons navigate the many alternatives and effectively use the special features of the software they ultimately select.

Citation Management Tools: A Practical Guide for Librarians was written to help librarians, teachers, and writers demystify the complex world of citation management software. Topics include:

• An overview of citation management software, including what it can and cannot do
• Advice on selecting the right program for the right researcher and the right project
• A comparison of citation managers on the market
• Leveraging citation managers to provide library services
• Citation management as a collaboration and networking tool
• Ways to use citation managers to facilitate proper citation practices and avoiding plagiarism
• Citation managers to tame the unruly folders on your desktop
• Mobile citation management
• Future trends

This book focuses on the four citation managers commonly used in libraries (EndNote, Mendeley, RefWorks, and Zotero), but other noteworthy tools are also described. Citation Management Tools: A Practical Guide for Librarians provides librarians with the essential skills and information required to support the use of citation managers at their libraries and explore creative ways to use these tools.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442268371
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/23/2018
Series:	Practical Guides for Librarians , #53
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	8.37(w) x 10.64(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Nancy R. Glassman is the assistant director at the D. Samuel Gottesman Library of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. Among her responsibilities is assisting students, faculty, and staff with reference management software through workshops and one-on-one consultations. She received her BA from Cleveland State University, MLS from Kent State University, and MPH from Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction to Citation Management Tools

Chapter 1. Essential Background

Chapter 2. Selecting a Citation Manager

Part II: Using a Citation Manager

Chapter 3. Building a Library

Chapter 4. Managing Library Content

Chapter 5. Writing, Citing, and Building Bibliographies

Chapter 6. Going Mobile

Part III: Helping Patrons Use Citation Management Tools

Chapter 7. Providing Training and Support

Chapter 8. Using Citation Managers to Provide Library Services

Chapter 9. Looking Ahead

Editorial Reviews

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From the Publisher

Citation Management Tools is useful for any librarian who works with researchers or does their own research. If you haven't used a citation manager before, or need an overview of the field, Glassman will take you through everything you need to know in plain, clear language, from basic concepts to future terrain.

Jason Puckett

Citation Management Tools is an eminently useful field guide that information professionals will want to keep on hand and refer to often. .. General enough to be useful for the foreseeable future, while specific enough to allow librarians to delve below the surface of citation management tools, this guide is an important addition to any professional bookshelf.

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